to laugh at this second-hand wedding drama?

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It's second hand because it's actually happening to someone I know vaguely on FB who is in America.

She is getting married! And man, does everybody need to know about it! So far she's had:

An engagement shower (which seemed to be a party just for her thrown by her mother)

An engagement party (for the couple and potential invites to the wedding)

A wedding shower (same again?)

A bachelorette party (hen do)

Sent out save the dates (which I'd never heard of before her fb post about "looking out for them"), invitations, RSVP cards. And on and on.

Many many public dramas on the way, including rants about the fact that some people RSVP'd "sorry I can't attend" AFTER getting their save the date cards - she sent the save the dates SEVENTEEN MONTHS before the wedding. I'm sure most people had lost them by the time the correct year rolled around!

Anyway the wedding is this weekend (yay! An end to it all!). This week's FB drama is that people are cancelling last minute. She posted a screen grab of a text convo today though that has had me scraping my chin all day (my jaw is on the floor). It said:

Friend: Wanted to warn you hun, I won't be able to make it on Saturday. I'm so sorry. I'll call you tonight.
Bride: You know what, DON'T call me. You're the second to do this. So sick of selfish people wrecking my special day.
Friend: Mum died this morning.

Bride is on FB asking her friend list AIBU to think that "if her mum died on Monday then she could totally attend a wedding on Saturday".

Amazing.

And before anyone says it, yes I know I should unfollow/unfriend but I am shamefully addicted to this stuff...

midnite that is awful! I can't believe someone in the world other than this crazy woman would do that to someone! I lost my mum ten years ago and no fucking way would I have either gone to the wedding or been so dignified as this woman was.

The wedding breakfast favors are... Glass coasters with photos of the couple set inside them. Sets of three (with a pic of her alone, him alone, and them together accordingly). Three coasters seems an odd number to me. I was secretly hoping they'd be cheerios in 'broidery anglais bags...

Where in America is she? I am in America! I could go! I really fucking would this is gold

is it just me that likes the sound of those favours

You have to stay Facebook friends with her, forever OP, I want to hear all about her honeymoon, her future pregnancy and her bitter divorce. I bet she has a gender reveal party as well as a baby shower. Plus some sort of ceremonial divorce do, is there such a think as a divorce shower? What is a traditional present for an imminent divorcee?

Um, I think I would enjoy putting my mug over her face. Who gives people a picture of themself as a gift?!?! This is only appropriate when in line of direct issue and equivalent. Surely.

She surely isn't doing her own breakfast favours? I imagine she's forced everyone to take time off work to do them whilst she supervises. Or a wedding planner in the USA has started a blog somewhere having a rant.

Anyway, the glasses with photos on sound like personalised penis beakers to me:)

Photo coasters -wonder if they are fully recyclable?

This might be just me but I kind of love the fact that our American MNetters are every bit as invested in this. Remember the thread where the guy got stood up and a fantastic MNetter went along to spy and report back?
I am tickled pink that the American gals are every bit as fabulous.

OP please do me a favour.

Post pictures of random cocktails on your thread.

A different one an hour?

On your FB! not thread.

Raining- gender-reveal party, that's priceless

Ooh, sorry glass coasters. I misread:)

Is that a usual wedding breakfast favour? Sounds a bit awkward to carry about.

Is there a list of wedding rules for the day, op? Or a colour scheme with bouncers if someone messes up?

Just all round bit jealous everyone I know is quite normal

I may or may not be place marking.

I just lost it at the wedding breakfast favours. Coasters with photos of those dickwads. What a precious souvenir of such a momentous occasion!

This bridezilla reminds me of the STFU Couples blog. Worth a look if you've not seen it before, although the woman who runs it doesn't update it as much as she used to, which is a shame. But trawl through the archives and there is an abundance of compelling batshittery. Including a BZ who, if I remember correctly, ranted on Facebook about the selfish DJ she'd hired for her reception who committed suicide and thus left her having to find someone else at short notice. I mean, how dare he!

This thread is awesome!! She sounds seriously deranged. What did she post on her fb before wedding mania took such an aggressive hold?

Midnite

I feel sorry for anybody who is employed by bridezilla. Imagine being this fools florist? There isn't enough money in the world....

This is why I like MN and not Facebook. Can't see anybody on here saying "UANBU Hun. A wedding will cheer this girl up!"

Tries to think of something clever to say to cover the fact that I am blatantly place marking. Nope, can't come up with anything.

Err, am I missing something? The bride posted the text message between her and the cancelling guest? That doesn't make sense.

OP - I seriously think you are being taken for a ride. The Facebook updates are too ridiculous to be true. I know there are some ridiculous bridezillas out there but this sounds made up. You say that you don't know the woman very well.

It doesn't mean some of its not real but I would be very suspicious of all the rapid updates and the far fetched story line.

Come on OP- tell us her name....I Would put a tenner on her having poor security settings and sharing her shit with the whole world (literally if we get on there!!!)

Mad bitch.

She's now making wedding breakfast favours ?!

The insanity of that aside...she's still going to marry him after he was caught dangling his cock in another woman's mouth ????

Please someone tell me her name! I need to send her a friend request!

Midnite - so glad you ditched that BZ!

She has just posted that she is "putting the finishing touches to the breakfast favors". Breakfast FAVORS! I'm sort of desperate to know what they are...maybe she'll post pictures.

Miniature bottles of Gaviscon?